Improvement in hand corn-planters



tite .l gm@ E. W. HAVE N,l O IMB-RAN'DON, VERMON 'l`.-

Letters 'Patent No. 95,683, (lated October 12, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT IN III-.{All'lv C ORN-PLANTBRS.

The Schedule referred to 'n these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom it 'may concern Be it known that I, E. W. HAVEN, ofBrandon, in

'the county of Rutland, in the State of Vermont, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Hand Corn-Planters; and Ido Ahereby declare that vthe Afollowing isa full and exact description of the construction and operationof the same, reference 4being had to the accompanying drawings, making a part of this speoication, in whichv Figure 1 is a side view of all the-parts connected.

Figures 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6,- separate views 'of the several parts. The same vletter refersto the same part in each figure.

My, invention consists in an arrangement of hopper, tube, slide-valves, (which regulate th-amount of corn dropped in each hill,) levers for operating the valves, and springs that hold the valves in, place, the

whole to be attached to the handle of ahoe, by which means the dropping and covering of the yseed may be done simultaneously.

I construct the plate P 'as shown in fig. 1, having attached thereto the tube H, the whole to be fastened to the hoe-handle by means of the screws I and K.

The tube H has the two slots g and s, in which slide-valves A and B operate.

The twoprojections b and d, upon the face of the plate P, are notched 'in the middle forthe slide-'valves A and B to work back and forth in.

A small pin upon the upper side of slide B prevents the same from going too' far back, and a small pin, t, upon the face of plate QP, prevents A from going too far back.

The bent lever .0, pivoted at f, moves-the slidevalves A and B back and forth, and is itself operated upon by the lever G L, being connected therewith by the cord or wire W,

The slide-valveB is also operated upon by the spring E, holding it in place when forced folward, so as to shut the tube H, and the spring D, operating upon the lower end of-fthe lever' O, holds the vlower slide-valve A in place when the saine is closed.

To regulate the number of kernels to be droppedv at each operation, I add the gangen, which is attached to the slide-valve A by means of the regulanv ingscrew fr, which screw will clamp it at any point J which may be desired, to increase. or decrease the'l number of kernels to be dropped.

. The slot s, inthe tube H, allows the gauge to move up and down.

h is the hopper for holding the oo rn or seed, and is placed in the top of the tube H.

To change the inclination of the hopper, tube, and plate P, a slot, F, is inade in the lower edge of the plate, and the whole secured in position by the screw It.

" The operation is as follows:

The corn or other seed is placed in the hopper h, and a portion falls upon the slide-valve B, when closed, by .bearingdown with the thumb uponthe lever Gr. v l

Upon releasing the lever G, the valve B opens, and at the same time, the lowervalve A is closed, and the required number of kernelsfalls upon the gauge-valve a.

Now, vby'pressing upon the lever G again, the lower valve opens, and the seed drops, and can be readily covered withv the hoe.

-The spring D, being fastened. to the lower point of the plate P, and bearing upon the projection fn, as a'` fulcrnm, acts strongly upon the lever C, and holds the valve A and gauge a rruly in place.

The lever G is tobe placed upon the handle R, at such point as to be operated upon by one of the hands grasping the handle.

Having thus described my improvement, What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is f 1. The gauge a and screw 1', in combination with the slide- Valve A, substantially as shown.

2.l The arrangement and combination-of the lever C', slide-valves'A andV B, springs D and E, 'gauge' a,

` tube H, hopper h, and levers Gp-L, substantially as and for the purposes set foxth.-

y E. Wj HAVEN.

Witnesses:

PETER NAYLOR,

' J. Q. HAWKINS. 

